The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-05
THE SCHOOL BOARD
WASHINGTON SCHOOL,

in' ooAu,a1n el nc na..n ne'.''ea
by u Majority of tho Members to
DO Perfectly snfe-TIs Committee
10 1py.,,,r.,o nna Act.
.
a special meeting OF the Board Of Edu-
cation was held at lis room In the Public
Tihrorv h,,I,;r, I,., or.,,,. q, = 49,,
% s i"'s o,.u'us .us 'n' puf'
pose oi tAking some actloh with relation
TO the Warrington school building In the
First ward, which IN claimed 10 be in a
,o,, .,.n,,xo,,, oonI;,,on A 49,, IT..
Wy a ouo't umo
since thero was pupiished a sensational
article In relation 10 this building that
served TO greatly alarm tls residents NJ
Tho T;r.t Wi ,,ho ,,a,, ,on5ir. ~
.iIo ""'u VIM n.t' hen'ns .ne'r
pupiis 70 tnis schooi. 90 gtoat mas peen
this alarm that at present, out OF an en-.
rollment Of 5S3, tho attendance Ia but 90.
II ia not he,ievad thai tbo,o !. onr ~.
49,. "'' m
cauae 10Y nus a'arln now, thah there mas
been for the past theee years. II has
been about that long sinca tho building
was thoroughly oyerRsuled, repaired ana
strengthened.
Last nights meeting was presided over
tv Dr., Pines, tho nav prcsident. Il be;nv
the first time no has been able to a
since his election. having boen confined
10 bis house by sictnosss THO abseptoes
were Acker, Human, Reed. Shsfer.
Whally, White and Work.
The object Of tho meeting Was stated by
the Chair, MI, Wellg, the architect. was
present, and on motion OF MI. Harrell waa
aaked 10 spcnk, His remarks confirmed a
report he and Mr., Klieyes made TO this
Board a abort time since concerning the
condition of the building, In that thew
said:
"Wo sec no recent evidences OF n civ.
ing away Of tho building, and think II
stands the came as II did stter the recent
improvements werc made, such as TAKING
down the gable wall and putting In the
iron braces to the aide and rear walls, un.
less the building should be settling bodily
to the west. The heating systsn in the
building is not constructed as 1t should be,
but with careful management ia not dan.
geroua. Tho escapes are as good as win
be aeen in the school buildings generally,
but the upper, stair ways NAV be q little
narrow. we can eoe nothing that can
give Immediate alarm.
ave find the building on the west side,
By plumb line from ton to bottom, TO lean
to the west at northwest corner two and
one-hslf inches, southwest corner, two
inches, and the middle three inches, Al
what period this occurred we are unable
to determine. With these and other mat.
ters Of general construction, We think Il
would be unwiss for tho Board TO further
spend more money on repairs TO this
building, as It is only q matter Of a few
yesrs when it will have to be rebuilt"
Mr.. Wells said that he would not DO
afraid to send his.children there, in reply
to a question asked by DR.. Jspson. lie
did think thst. there should bs brick
partition walls in the upper story, "
Mr.. I.stt asked If the driving out of the
| walls BY reason of the gas fires in the
furnaces had had a damaging effect, Mr.,
Well said there was no danger to be an.
pretended on this score. Colonel Miller
asked if any slide o. the ground had
taken place; he ea;d there had not.
Mr.. Harrell said he was no alarmist but
be did not believe in running any risks
| where the lives of over 500 children were
concerned: ho told about the building az
he had observed it.
Mr., Isstt, slso a Commissioner from that
ward said he had been ..oyer the build.
ing from foundation to root and while not
IS stable as some recently buiit school
buildings in the CITY he considered Il
perfectly safe, MI. Harrell said nine.
tentbs Of the people Of The district had
condemned the building. Mr.. Isott said
that not owe oue.hplf the people con.
demned 1t, and Of this number he did not
think twenty had carefulIy examined the
building; he considered the building safe.
and if he had twelve children he would
not hesitate to send them there.